McHENRY, Ill. – Vernon L. Brooks Jr. was distraught. Forced into a chair in a jail cell with a black mesh hood over his head, he panicked as he felt officers tighten straps like tourniquets around his ...

Three men involved in the restraint chair case that landed former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in a federal prison have filed civil lawsuits against the ex-lawman. Raheem Peterkin, Walter Thomas ...

SOLVING PROBLEMS. GETTING RESULTS. HOLDING THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES A KANSAS CITY FAMILY WANTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO A RECENT DEATH BEHIND ...

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THE STRAP IS LOOSE. TASERS ON ME. SIX PEOPLE IN HERE. DUCT TAPE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU USE ON A HUMAN. LOCKED UP. STRAPPED DOWN. I’VE NEVER FELT SO VIOLATED. THE RESTRAINT CHAIR IS A WEAPON OF CONTROL.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A nine-month investigation by the Illinois Answers Project found an alarming number of Illinois jails are torturing people using restraining chairs. Some detainees were allegedly ...

There is a new multimillion-dollar settlement that adds to other big settlements nationwide in KMBC 9’s ongoing RESTRAINED investigation into the use and misuse of restraint chairs. Family and ...

A new report from the Iowa ombudsman accuses two jails of using restraint chairs to confine inmates for long periods, sometimes for punishment. The Iowa Office of Ombudsman investigated four inmate ...

A family is demanding murder charges for corrections workers involved in the death of a 25-year-old man after his time in a Montgomery County, Ohio, jail restraint chair. Family and attorneys for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A statewide investigation by the Illinois Answers Project shows county jails are using restraint chairs on inmates at an alarming rate. While many jails say the chairs are a last ...

Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill speaks at a candidate forum in Rex, Ga., on Aug. 16, 2012. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) ATLANTA (CN) — A federal appeals court on ...

A restraint chair made by Safety Restraint Chair Inc. sits inside the Champaign County Jail. A restraint chair made by Safety Restraint Chair Inc. sits inside the Champaign County Jail. CHAMPAIGN — An ...